I don't think he used digital trickery - that would be 'cheating' for derren, where is the skill involved in that. Rather, I think he used mirrors.
There are yellow markers all along the edge of the floor, I believe they are there to line up mirrors, which for me (aside from the cheat of a camera split-screen which I think is too low for Derren) is the most obvious solution. There are not really any new illusions, just reinventions of existing ones and mirrored tricks have been done successfully for centuries.
If you look at the clear stand that the balls are on, you can see the yellow markers and the edge of the floor, but you can't see all of cable that is going to the TV! It passes behind the stand twice and is invisible both times. This suggests that we are looking at a mirrored image of a ball rack, allowing an assistant to insert the correct balls in the real rack while Derren delays after the balls have been drawn.
• yellow markers on the floor
• TV cable 'disappears' behind the stand
• If it was a genuine prediction, he would have shown us the balls before the draw. The line about the BBC being legally the only ones able to announce the draw is a misdirection, if the draw is live, Derren wouldn't be announcing the balls any more than you or me would be, he would be showing a prediction.
• There is an obvious delay after the balls are drawn. Why wait until after all the balls are drawn before writing down the numbers. He's already said we don't need the bonus ball yet waits until after the bonus ball has been drawn before writing any of the numbers down. I believe this is to give the assistant enough time to re-arrange the recently placed balls into the correct order.
• Might be wrong, but it also looks like he might be speaking into his hand which he holds over his mouth only while the main balls are being drawn (he removes it from his mouth before the bonus ball). I think he's relaying the correct ball numbers to the assistant who can't see the TV screen because of the mirrors.
Unrealted to that theory though, when Derren walks over to the TV, he clearly stands on a 'mark' on the floor and while the balls are being drawn he has one hand over his mouth and he is turned in such a way that you can't see what he's doing with his right hand. He appears to be holding the card in his right hand, however, the car could be tucked under his right arm allowing him to use his right hand.
And yes, the end ball has moved because we only see the 'prediction' balls after the mirror has been removed.
Guess we'll find out tonight - or will we???
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